Today, I took my four year old son to the playground. When it was time to go, he squirmed out of my arms back to the jungle gym. Not being the type of mother to put up with bad behavior, I swatted his rear and told him we had to go. That's when I realized I'd just spanked the wrong child who was wearing the same coat as my son. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my child was refusing to leave the playground. I had to pry her, screaming and crying, from the monkey bars. I then realized I had been assaulting someone else's kid. FML
Today, I went shopping with my two sons and my wife. We got separated after a while, and I spotted my son in the video game section of the store. I snuck up behind him and playfully slapped him on the back of the head. The kid turned around and it wasn't my son. His mom was none to happy. FML
Today, I took my son to the playground and watched him have fun. Minutes later, I was being shoved around and called a pedophile because I was there alone with no wife. By the time I convinced them I was innocent, my son was bawling. FML
Today, two days after losing my temper with my smart mouthed 7 year-old son and slapping him across the face, I tried to apologize by buying him a treat and telling him if anyone found out, I would get in trouble. Today, I got a call from social services about the "bruise" on his face. FML
Today, while shopping, my six-year-old son threw a tantrum because I wouldn't buy him a video game. I ended up having to grab his arm and leave the store. He screamed that I was kidnapping him, at which point I was socked in the face and pinned to the floor by three bystanders. FML
Today, I smacked my kid on top of the head for spinning the display rack while I was looking at greeting cards. It wasn't until he dramatically screamed and dropped to the floor wailing that I realized he wasn't my daughter. FML
Today, my 2-year-old son put his hand on my face, gave me a sweet kiss, and put his cheek against mine. Then he slapped me hard enough to leave a mark, laughed, and scrambled away. FML
Today, while eating with my kids at McDonalds, my son put his hand up and wanted me to give him a "high five." I went to give him a five, but he moved his hand at the last second and I ended up slapping him in the face. Now everyone there thinks I'm a child-beater. FML
Today, I took my child to the park. Having been there an hour, another mum came up to me and we started talking. She then told me that one kid had been harassing her children, pointing to my child. When she asked which one was mine I pointed to a random kid. It was hers. FML
Today, at the park, I saw my toddler fall. I rushed over, picked him up, and said, “It’s OK, Mum’s here.” He looked confused. So did his real mum. I had mistakenly grabbed a random child instead of my own in front of everyone. They weren't even wearing similar clothes. FML
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mersinary12 0
i bet that went done well with the Kids mother.....
DocBastard 40
Forever, you can't compare molestation and spanking. I was spanked as a child, and I'm not brainwashed or scarred. I have a 4 year old, and while I have not spanked her, once she is old enough to know right from wrong, I will if I need to. Corporal punishment will not land you in jail. Beating your child will. But spanking, no. And I like how you used both "their" and "there" incorrectly in the same sentence. That was amusing.
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Comments (142)
kaileigh10 2
what a great job u did watching your child that u didn't realize there was another kid wearing the same coat. YDI
TheZarola 10
It's perfectly fine to swat your kid on the behind. It's not abusive or cruel. FYL, OP.
JonnyNoThumbs 0
You shouldn't physically discipline your kids in public.
SarahMarie83 0
Actually, if spanking is your chosen punishment, you should. Discipline needs to immediately follow the inappropriate behavior and be consistent in order to be effective.
Shorty_Shaza 5
i dont get it? You wer holding your child when he squirmed off so you must have watched him then but yet you smacked a different kid?? :S
Igor_g5 0
At least make sure you got the right kid before you abuse him.
saladgirl123 0
um no i am a firm believer in beating your children people who say you shouldnt hit kids havent been around them for long enough! and the wrong little boy you hit prolly deserved it!
jakeisawake 3
#65 Why does the little boy deserve it? He was probably thinking, "Dayumm bitch. I was just climbing up the stairs to go down the mother effing slide." The little boy should have kicked her in the shin; that would have been deserving.
ImaginaryFoe 1
People who are firm believers in beating children for every minor infraction shouldn't be raising them. I don't think spanking is wrong but hitting a kid every time he doesn't do exactly what you want isn't discipline. It's arbitrary punishment and the kid will not learn anything except hit when you're angry.
jocelyng_fml 0
spanking doesn't work for some children my sister and I never listened if spanked, yelling at a kid is the most that should be done.
FMLollie 7
I agree with 104 every rime you hit the child he's just going to be angry and resent you defiantly making the situation worse.
lana1316 0
u completely deserve it spanking or hitting ur child in any way is wrong
Madrias 36
Okay, and what do you do to a child who sets your house on fire? Or flushes your cellphone down the toilet? Sometimes yelling isn't enough cause a child will tone you out. Changing it up a little helps.
KBear3109 29
If your child sets your house on fire I think you're way beyond spanking...
mordhorst95 0
you should know how Ur child betr
janise 2
It amazes me that the OP was close enough to the little kid to have him in his/her arms and still didn't realize it was the wrong kid. How bad of a parent do you have to be to not be able to recognize your kid from another when he's an inch away from your face?
MuchDance90s 0
YDI for being overreactive and so out of touch with your child that you do not recognize him AND swat him at the first sign of misbehavior.